Environmental Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Science of the Total Environment	163
2	Journal of Cleaner Production	142
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	142
4	Energy & Environmental Science	138
5	Chemosphere	135
6	Journal of Environmental Management	126
7	Environmental Science & Technology	121
8	Sustainability	114
9	Water Research	108
10	Environmental Research	107
11	Environmental Pollution	101
12	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	100
13	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	94
14	Resources Conservation and Recycling	90
15	Environment International	89
16	Ecological Indicators	88
17	Nature Sustainability	87
18	Remote Sensing	84
19	Remote Sensing of Environment	83
20	Global Change Biology	82
-	Nature Climate Change	82
22	Energy Policy	77
23	Environmental Chemistry Letters	74
24	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	71
25	Water	69
26	Lancet Planetary Health	64
27	Environmental Technology & Innovation	62
-	Frontiers in Environmental Science	62
29	Waste Management	61
-	Marine Pollution Bulletin	61
31	One Earth	57
32	Journal of Environmental Sciences	56
33	Communications Earth & Environment	55
-	Environmental Research Letters	55
35	Urban Climate	54
36	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	52
-	Toxics	52
38	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	51
-	Earths Future	51
40	Ecological Economics	49
41	Environmental Science & Policy	48
-	Environmental Health Perspectives	48
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	48
44	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	47
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	47
46	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	46
-	Atmosphere	46
48	Water Resources Research	45
49	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	43
50	Environmental and Experimental Botany	42

51	Biological Conservation	39
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	39
-	Ecological Engineering	39
-	Environmental Modelling & Software	39
55	Water Air and Soil Pollution	38
56	Atmospheric Environment	37
57	Ecosystem Services	36
58	Environmental Sciences Europe	35
-	Biochar	35
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	35
61	Applied Catalysis A-General	34
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	34
63	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	33
-	Climatic Change	33
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
-	Land Degradation & Development	33
-	npj Clean Water	33
-	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	33
-	Ambio	33
-	Conservation Biology	33
-	Sustainability Science	33
72	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	32
-	Geocarto International	32
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	32
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	32
-	Utilities Policy	32
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	32
-	Environmental Science-Nano	32
-	Water Science and Technology	32
80	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	31
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	31
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	31
-	Environmental Health	31
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	31
85	Atmospheric Pollution Research	30
-	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	30
-	Journal of Industrial Ecology	30
-	Ecological Applications	30
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
90	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	29
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	29
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	29
93	Waste Management & Research	28
94	Environmental Toxicology	27
-	Waste and Biomass Valorization	27
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	27
-	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	27
-	Marine Environmental Research	27
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	27
-	NanoImpact	27
101	Journal of Soils and Sediments	26
-	Regional Environmental Change	26
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	26
-	Current Pollution Reports	26
-	Environmental Development	26
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	26
107	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	25
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	25
109	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	24
-	Climate Risk Management	24
-	Journal of Mountain Science	24
-	Bioenergy Research	24
113	Biodiversity and Conservation	23
-	Water Research X	23
-	Geohealth	23
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	23
117	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	22
-	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	22
-	Journal of Arid Environments	22
-	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	22
-	Environmental Research Communications	22
122	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	21
-	Environmental Management	21
-	Journal of Water and Health	21
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	21
-	Water Supply	21
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	21
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	21
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	21
-	Climate Services	21
-	Environmental Reviews	21
-	Natural Resources Forum	21
133	Biogeochemistry	20
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
-	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	20
-	Water Environment Research	20
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	20
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	20
-	Ecological Processes	20
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	20
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	20
143	Environmental Technology	19
-	Anthropocene	19
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	19
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	19
-	Sustainable Environment Research	19
148	International Journal of Environmental Research	18
-	Chinese Geographical Science	18
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	18
-	Journal of Arid Land	18
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	18
-	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	18
154	Estuaries and Coasts	17
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	Ecohydrology	17
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	17
-	Arctic Science	17
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	17
-	Environmental Evidence	17
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	17
-	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	17
163	Conservation Physiology	16
-	Environmental Engineering Research	16
-	River Research and Applications	16
-	Carbon Balance and Management	16
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	16
-	Environmental Microbiology Reports	16
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	16
-	Wetlands	16
171	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	15
-	Carbon Management	15
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	15
-	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	15
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	15

-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	15
-	Journal of Radiological Protection	15
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	15
-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
180	Aerosol Science and Technology	14
-	Chemistry and Ecology	14
-	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	14
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	14
-	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	14
185	Aquatic Sciences	13
-	Environmental Conservation	13
-	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	13
-	Food and Environmental Virology	13
-	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	13
-	Geobiology	13
-	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	13
-	Health Physics	13
-	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	13
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	13
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	13
-	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	13
197	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
-	Anthropocene Review	12
-	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	12
-	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	12
-	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	12
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	12
-	Water and Environment Journal	12
204	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	11
-	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	11
-	Industrial Health	11
-	International Journal of Global Warming	11
-	Soil & Sediment Contamination	11
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	11
-	Mountain Research and Development	11
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	11
-	Ecohealth	11
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	11
-	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	11
215	Aerobiologia	10
-	Radioprotection	10
-	Microbial Risk Analysis	10
-	Environmetrics	10
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	10
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	10
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
223	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	9
-	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	9
-	Bioremediation Journal	9
-	Journal of Coastal Research	9
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	9
-	Environment	9
-	Environmental Chemistry	9
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	9
-	Ozone-Science & Engineering	9
-	Polar Record	9
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	9
-	Antarctic Science	9
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	9
-	Climate Research	9
-	Coastal Management	9
-	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	9
-	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	9
240	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	8
-	Natural Resource Modeling	8
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	8
-	Arctic	8
244	Arid Land Research and Management	7
-	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	7
-	Environmental Forensics	7
247	Global Nest Journal	6
-	Grundwasser	6
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	6
-	Journal of Environmental Informatics	6
-	Physical Geography	6
252	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	5
253	Journal of Elementology	4
-	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	4
-	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	4
256	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	3
257	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	2
-	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	2